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World Cancer Day

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Summary

World Cancer Day is a world day[1]. It draws 877 Wikipedia views per month (world day category, ranking #38 of 248).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: awareness day[3]
  • Commons category: World Cancer Day[4]
  • Commemorates: cancer[5]
  • Inception: 2000[6]
  • Organizer: Union for International Cancer Control[7]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: February 4[8]
  • Official website: https://www.worldcancerday.org/es[9], https://www.worldcancerday.org/our-story[10]
  • Main subject: cancer[11]

Why It Matters

World Cancer Day has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . worldcancerday.org. worldcancerday.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . uicc.org. uicc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . journal.paho.org. journal.paho.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). World Cancer Day. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/world-cancer-day
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  1. 4d ago · Cassiuso · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Day in year for periodic occurrence → February 4
    Inception → +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Organizer → Union for International Cancer Control
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Date of promulgation: 4 February 2000"
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